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ArticleScientific reports2019

Vibrio cholerae derived outer membrane vesicles modulate the inflammatory response of human intestinal epithelial cells by inducing microRNA-146a.

Aziz Bitar, Kyaw Min Aung, Sun Nyunt Wai, Marie-Louise Hammarström

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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30 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aziz BitarDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Infection and Immunology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Kyaw Min AungDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Infection and Immunology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Sun Nyunt WaiDepartment of Molecular Biology, the Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Marie-Louise HammarströmDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Infection and Immunology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden. marie-louise.hammarstrom@umu.se.
Umeå University · SE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The small intestinal epithelium of Vibrio cholerae infected patients expresses the immunomodulatory microRNAs miR-146a and miR-155 at acute stage of disease. V. cholerae release outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) that serve as vehicles for translocation of virulence factors including V. cholerae cytolysin (VCC). The aim was to investigate whether OMVs, with and/or without VCC-cargo could be responsible for induction of microRNAs in intestinal epithelial cells and thereby contribute to immunomodulation. Polarized tight monolayers of T84 cells were challenged with OMVs of wildtype and a VCC deletion mutant of the non-O1/non-O139 (NOVC) V. cholerae strain V:5/04 and with soluble VCC. OMVs, with and without VCC-cargo, caused significantly increased levels of miR-146a. Increase was seen already after 2 hours challenge with OMVs and persisted after 12 hours. Challenge with soluble VCC caused significant increases in interleukin-8 (IL-8), tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), CCL20, IL-1β, and IRAK2 mRNA levels while challenge with OMVs did not cause increases in expression levels of any of these mRNAs. These results suggest that V. cholerae bacteria release OMVs that induce miR-146a in order to pave the way for colonization by reducing the strength of an epithelial innate immune defence reaction and also preventing inflammation in the mucosa that factors like VCC can evoke.

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Bacterial ProteinsChemokine CCL20CholeraEpithelial CellsHumansImmunomodulationInterleukin-1 Receptor-Associated KinasesInterleukin-8IntestinesMicroRNAsNanoparticlesPerforinSecretory VesiclesUp-RegulationVibrio choleraeBacterial ProteinsChemokine CCL20Interleukin-1 Receptor-Associated KinasesInterleukin-8IRAK3 protein, humanMicroRNAsMIRN146 microRNA, humanPerforin

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PMID31076615
PMCPMC6510749
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